Crows & Jays in Shetland Islands
Our list for Shetland Islands has 6 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Shetland Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MagpiePica picaScarceRare44–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Carrion Crow 45–47 cm
- Rook 45–47 cm
- Hooded Crow 44–51 cm
- Common Raven 54–67 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made